Carl Pavano Doesn’t Want to Pay His Agent

Remember the “Carlpalooza” hype-fest back when Carl Pavano was a free agent? Well that was all a great job by his agent, and most definitely raised the amount of money Pavano got on his deal. However, now it seems Pavano is dissatisfied with his agents performance. SI.com reports that team sources say Pavano may have to testify in Tampa later this month in a hearing over his non-payment of the commission on his $39.95 million Yankees deal. The article says that Pavano is not willing to pay the agents commission because the agent did not get Pavano the 40 million dollars he wanted, instead only a paltry 39.95 million dollars. The commission for the contract comes out to about two million dollars, which a rich man like Pavano should be able to pay, especially since he has to as Pavano agreed to the deal, and thus must hand over five percent of that contract to his agent.

Personally, I think this is a weak move by Pavano, and I say weak because the wording would be different if I were not posting on this blog, and I were in a situation at the water cooler. The guy asks for 40 million, and the agent basically gets him 40 million dollars. So what he does is he looks for a loophole and says that because the agent did not get him the 40 million he doesn’t deserve commission but in reality it is just Pavano trying to hoard more money. And to this point it looks as if that is the only thing he is good at, besides getting hurt of course. This is the exact stuff Pavano needs to try to get away from, not run himself into. But instead, he continues to operate like someone who is completely oblivious as to what a decent human being should do.

In closing, all I will say is this: No one will care about this stuff if he gets on the mound and performs. People will choose to look past all of his character flaws if he helps the Yankees towards their twenty seventh world title. But as I see it now, Pavano first needs to get out of his own way before he can do anything to help the team.

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